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Released for both SNES and Game Boy in 1996 was a port of the Japanese game Panel de Pon rebranded to use characters from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Despite the name it bears almost no resemblance to Tetris. Henk Rogers, head of The Tetris Company, said he regrets granting Nintendo permission to use the name.

Gameplay
In Tetris Attack, you are presented with a playfield consisting of a virtual grid of squares, each of which can be occupied by a colored block. Blocks are stacked on top of one another and rise steadily toward the top of the playfield, with new blocks being added at the bottom. The player must arrange blocks in horizontal or vertical lines of three or more matching colors by swapping blocks horizontally two at a time. As matching lines are formed, the blocks are cleared from the screen and any blocks above them fall into the gaps. The game is over when the blocks touch the top of the playfield, or another game-ending condition is met (such as reaching a time limit or clearing blocks below a set line).

Clearing more than three tiles in a single move scores a Combo, while Chains are scored when falling blocks from one clear cause another clear to occur. Both of these events score extra bonus points, and in multiplayer Versus games, these also send "garbage blocks" to the other player's playfield.

Tetris Attack provides several single-player modes. Story Mode takes the player through the game's main plot, pitting the player against a series of foes in a head-to-head match. The objective is to cause the computer-controlled player to lose. In Endless Mode, the player is challenged to play as long as possible with a continuously rising stack of blocks, which increases in speed over time. Timed Mode challenges the player to score as many points as possible within a two-minute time limit, and Stage Clear mode takes the player through a series of stages in which the objective is to clear blocks below a set line. A Puzzle Mode is also provided, which presents the player with a number of puzzles where he or she must clear all of the blocks in a set number of moves (Blocks do not rise in this mode).

In addition to the game's single-player modes, Tetris Attack also provides several multiplayer modes that are essentially two-player variants of the single-player modes. One or both human players may be substituted with a computer-controlled player with a selectable difficulty level.

Story
The game's single-player story mode takes place in the world of Yoshi's Island, where Bowser and his minions have cursed all of Yoshi's friends. Playing as Yoshi, the player must defeat each of his friends in order to remove the curse. Once all friends have been freed, the game proceeds to a series of Bowser's minions, and then to Bowser himself. During these final matches, the player can select Yoshi or any of his friends to play out the stage.

Master Tetris Attack for 24 Game Club Challenge Points.

An example of the ending screen you need to submit on for Mastering credit.

Play online now - Tetris Attack. Select "ArcadeOX Score Mode" then select "1P", then select "Vs. Com" then select "Normal" or "Hard" to receive credit for Mastering the game.

I think that it's only easy for gamers who like these sorts of puzzle games *cough seahawk and tails cough* because for the average player, this is freakin difficult and should be worth more points in my opinion...but I'll try it on normal and see what I can do.

I think that it's only easy for gamers who like these sorts of puzzle games *cough seahawk and tails cough* because for the average player, this is freakin difficult and should be worth more points in my opinion...but I'll try it on normal and see what I can do.

Bah, try Super Hard mode =P. Or better yet, buy an N64 and Pokemon Puzzle League, THEN you will get some skill, that game WILL kick your behind and not care.

I beat all the modes even the unlockable by buttons mode. Mewtwo is an ass.

Tossing a x15 chain at Mewtwo and then getting it back as a x20 is not cool =/.

You beat everything in Puzzle mode? Impressive, I'm still on Lorelei's puzzles after 10 years XD;. Then again, I probably haven't played for at least half that time lol. I should probably go back and post some high scores.

Holy crap what is with all the damn pokemon all over the boards lately? Did I miss something? Is it the 15th anniversary? What happened that made pokemon suddenly so cool?

Seahawk is right. It seemed to me that there are a lot of Pokemon fans on RU (apparently so), and since I know almost nothing about it, it gives me a chance to learn about it as well. How is that related to Tetris Attack though or were you just asking in general?